Porn website PornHub is adding Florida to its list of states it will lock down starting next year. Gizmodo reports that Floridians who recently visited the porn website will receive a warning that “you will no longer be able to access PornHub within 14 days,” thanks to a new state law that requires ID to access the website. It is said that he received it.
Pornhub has already been blocked by many states from accessing its rich sexually explicit content due to new state laws requiring visitors to provide a valid government ID to verify age to access. I am doing it. The Florida Legislature passed the Pornographic ID Act, which Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law on March 25 as part of a series of regulations aimed at protecting minors from explicit content. The Free Speech Coalition, an adult entertainment industry group, is challenging Florida’s law in federal court, according to the Florida Times Union.
Florida becomes the 13th state to enact age verification laws for adult websites. Florida joins Texas, Utah, Arkansas, Virginia, Montana, North Carolina, Mississippi, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nebraska in having ID laws. .
According to the official PornHub, “This not only violates the right of adults to access protected speech, but also violates the most It lacks strict oversight in that it employs ineffective and most restrictive measures.” Blog
The PornHub blog also states that while the company is concerned about the safety and well-being of children, the idea of using IDs creates additional risks when it comes to user safety and privacy. Specifically, the Louisiana law has no state regulatory authority to oversee implementation of the new law, “resulting in a flawed enforcement regime,” the PornHub Blog said.
